πατρόπολις
From LSJ
διήλθομεν διὰ πυρὸς καὶ ὕδατος → we went through fire and water, we have gone through fire and water
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, coined by Antiph. 220 in the line μητρόπολίς ἐστιν οὐχὶ π. πόλις.
German (Pape)
[Seite 536] ἡ, Vaterstadt, Antiphan. bei Ath. III, 100 d; Hesych. erkl. ἡ πατρῴα οἰκία.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πατρόπολις: -εως, ἡ, κωμικὴ ἀπομίμησις τοῦ μητρόπολις, μητρόπολίς ἐστιν οὐχὶ πατρόπολις πόλις Ἀντιφάνης ἐν «Φιλομήτορι» 1, ἴδε Meineke.
